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DR. GEETA PERSAD: Climate change and the future of California’s water

November 7, 2019 Maven Conferences and Seminars

Climate change is already transforming California’s water cycle, putting stress on the state’s rigidly engineered water infrastructure as well as our unique ecosystems. Current water management strategies will need to be fundamentally rethought as climate change depletes the state’s natural snowpack storage, concentrates rainfall into increasingly extreme events, brings salty ocean water farther inland, and dries out vegetation and soils. […]

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DECISION SCALING: A risk management approach in Delta water supply vulnerability

October 31, 2019 Maven Conferences and Seminars

Planning for future conditions has always involved uncertainty, but the additional uncertainty imposed by a changing climate means new approaches are needed for exploring system vulnerabilities and potential adaptation responses. At the 2019 State of the Estuary conference, Andrew Schwarz, Supervising Engineer for the Delta Stewardship Council, gave this presentation describing a relatively new approach to handling uncertainty in climate […]

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LOCALIZING CALIFORNIA WATERS: Erik Ekdahl on Water Management in the Uncertain Future

August 14, 2019 Maven Conferences and Seminars

Water management in California has always been challenging, with the state’s variable climate that alternates between drought and floods that is further complicated by stark regional differences in water availability and demand. As the effects of climate change continue to manifest, changing precipitation patterns are creating challenges for water managers and the state’s existing infrastructure. In April of this year, […]

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GUEST COMMENTARY: What Does Climate Change Really Mean to California’s Water Resources?

August 6, 2019 Robert Shibatani Guest blogger

Guest commentary by Robert Shibatani Whether you are a water utility manager, elected official, or homeowner, future water availability is a concern. There are several factors fostering that concern and one of them is climate change. In fact, these days, climate change is a rapidly growing global hot topic (no pun intended). But as the empirical evidence mounts and a […]

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CA WATER COMMISSION: DWR’s Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment

May 30, 2019 Maven Conferences and Seminars

Assessment looks at six categories of vulnerability: wildfire, extreme heat, sea level rise, long-term persistent hydrologic changes, short-term extreme hydrologic changes, and habitat and ecosystem services impacts In order to address the impacts of climate change on the state’s water resources, the Department of Water Resources (DWR) has been developing its own comprehensive Climate Action Plan to guide how DWR […]

BAY DELTA SCIENCE CONFERENCE: Science-Based Regulatory Permitting for Resilient Tidal Habitat Restorations

February 21, 2019 Maven Conferences and Seminars, Science Features

The permitting of tidal restoration projects is most often a costly and time-consuming process, causing substantial delays in implementation while endangered and threatened species remain at risk. Given the accelerating nature of sea level rise, restoration of tidal habitats that are resilient to climate change should be implemented on a large scale and soon to have any chance of contributing […]

DR. BRAD UDALL: Is the Colorado River in Crisis?

February 20, 2019 Maven Conferences and Seminars

Dr. Udall discusses the Colorado River’s hydrology, climate change impacts, shortage risk, and the Drought Contingency Plan Dr. Brad Udall serves as senior water and climate research scientist at the Colorado Water Institute at Colorado State University. He has extensive experience in water and climate policy issues and has authored numerous peer-reviewed publications on water management and climate change which […]

BAY DELTA SCIENCE CONFERENCE: Restoration Planning for the Sacramento –San Joaquin Delta and Suisun Marsh: Considering the Implications of Climate Change

January 31, 2019 Maven Science Features

The Delta Reform Act requires ‘taking into consideration the physical changes that have occurred in the past and the future impact of climate change and sea level rise’ for restoration planning. Re-establishment of tidal marsh is critical to restoring food web function and increasing the extent of habitat for fish and wildlife within the Delta and Suisun Marsh; however, land […]

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CA WATER COMMISSION: Climate change effects on the State Water Project and Central Valley Project

January 3, 2019 Maven Best of the Notebook, Meetings

The latest climate change assessments show reduced Delta exports and carryover storage due to climate change likely by mid-century In the latter half of 2018, both the federal and state governments released new climate change assessments that outline the projected course of climate change and its potential effects on water resources. Both federal and state assessments include chapters on water […]

NEWS WORTH NOTING: LAO Report: Assessing California’s Climate Policies—An Overview; CDFW Awards $4.2 Million for Greenhouse Gas Reduction Grant Projects

December 24, 2018 Maven News Worth Noting

LAO Report: Assessing California’s Climate Policies—An Overview From the Legislative Analyst’s Office: Chapter 135 of 2017 (AB 398, E. Garcia) requires our office to annually report on the economic impacts and benefits of California’s statutory greenhouse gas (GHG) emission goals—statewide emissions to 1990 levels by 2020 and to 40 percent below 1990 levels by 2030. This report provides a conceptual […]

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